Lizarazu's injury regret

The French full back suffered a knee injury on September 10, against Nurnberg, and admitted he did not spend enough time recovering.

A trip to his homeland, and Marseille, to meet Professor Franceschi, has cleared the matter up for the former World Cup winner.

"The positive aspect is that I don't need any operation," stressed Lizarazu.

"There are neither meniscus nor ligament problems.

"In fact, it is the same injury as Willy Sagnol sustained last spring.

"I resumed too early and I paid the price.

"I thought it was just a knock.

"But, on Sunday, during the training session, I was injured once again.

"It is quite logical as it needs three weeks to heal. I will start to run again on Monday or Tuesday.

"It's getting on my nerves because I was back to full fitness, and, due to a trivial thing, the knee has got swollen."